(Imported from old site; original post: Thursday, October 4, 2012)

This morning, at around 11am, I was able to do the final sign-off. And no, I’m not talking about a check with a large amount written out (though, that happened, too). I am talking about the sign-off to the final patent draft and final patent drawings. YES!

It pleases me greatly to finally be able to reveal the invention that I have just patented…in the next post. Suspense!

Actually, the suspense is intentional and unintentional at the same time…nah. It’s fully intentional. But I’m not telling you now for a reason. See, while everything is complete on my end, I have yet to view the receipt from the USPTO that everything was received by them. This will grant me a patent number, as well as an assurance than anything filed after me that possibly infringes on my ideas will not be allowed to pass because I have already claimed those rights.

However, it works the other way around, too. Patent applications (which is what my patent actually is until it is approved by a patent agent) do not show up on patent searches. So, while my attorneys were not able to find anything really similar to my invention in their search, there could be a patent application sent before mine that does get approved that possesses eerily similar claims to mine. This, of course, would result in me not being able to patent those claims.

It seems nothing in life is without its gamble.

But only those that take the gamble have a chance.

A chance at success.

And at failure.

(Imported from old site; original post: Friday, September 28, 2012)

Just a side note before I get into the meat and potatoes of the draft meeting: looking to the future, I will begin titling my posts in a way that I don’t have multiple posts with the same title (though, that will probably happen with a couple at this point because I didn’t think about it until now).

Anyway…

Today, the first meeting was completed concerning the first draft of the patent for Project SvN. I met with attorney David Lanzotti today for a one-on-one to discuss changes. He is the one that has been writing the patent, and I believe it may only be him writing the patent.

It was a very productive meeting, and I believe he was a little bit surprised that I read through his work as thoroughly as I did. It was the look of an artist peering from behind his painting, still on the easel, to see someone’s expression after laying their eyes upon the artist’s work for the first time. And let me tell you something, this man is an artist.

The way he used his language in this document was phenomenal. You could tell he greatly enjoys what he does for a living, especially considering he probably feels like most of the time his work will only be read by the patent agent in Washington D.C. when it is up for review/approval. Even though most things he does will only be read by that one person, the artfulness of the language, as well as the descriptions he used, were absolutely great. I wouldn’t be able to come anywhere close to his level of using text to paint the picture of my invention–and I invented the thing!

Occasionally, we would get into the intricacies of certain language, and his eyes would light up that somebody actually noticed what he did; the genius of his patent expertise being noticed. As far as I’m concerned so far in this process, this man, David Lanzotti, will ALWAYS write the patents for my inventions, barring some crazy external factor.

Suffice it to say that I am very pleased at this meeting, and I don’t have to hope that the next draft will be good, because I know that it will be great.

(Imported from old site; original post: Tuesday, September 25, 2012)

This morning, I received the first draft of the patent for Project SvN. Just skimming through it gives me chills. I’ll be giving it an extremely thorough once-over in the near future. I currently have tests and homework to worry about, though, so I may have to postpone this for a week or so, but let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

Also, it was many many pages, thus the picture above. For the astute among you, you may have figured out that is a picture of the Obamacare bill. I thought it was funny, and it appropriately conveyed what I felt like when I clicked print from my email, left the room, and came back to find it still printing, a stack of papers having already accumulated.

And before I get politically charged emails from either side, it’s a funny picture. That’s it.
Shhhhhhhh. Stop trying to argue one side or the other. It was a funny picture. That was it.